Purple Hairstreak found in pond (worth a look at full size, click and see)Bug Day pond dipping – water level alarmingly low(Prob. Southern) Hawker Dragonfly Nymphs, Pond Snails. We also saw plenty of Ramshorn Snails, a flatworm, a leech, small diving beetles, damselfly nymphs, water fleas, Greater Water Boatmen (Backswimmers), young newts (with 4 legs and gills) and more.Identifying Birch Catkin BugsCream-Spot LadybirdDevil’s Coach Horse (Ocypus olens) – a Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae), splendidly fast and wrigglyThe magnificent Fibonacci spirals of a Teasel flowerheadUrban Green-Veined White on BuddleiaYoung Entomologist at Work
The English seem unemotional … except for their passion for nature
